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G. ISIEGENTHALER. HAME ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED APn.23. 191a.

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Hann ATTACHMENT.

Speciication of Letters Patent rfaientedaniy 22, 1919.

application filed April as, 191s. serial N.'23o,297.

Toallfwhomz'tmay concern." 7

Be it known that I, GEORGE SIEGENTHALER,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Fremont, in the county of Sandusky and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Hame Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

The subject ofA the present invention is a l hame attachment, and the invention has for of manufacture of attachments of this charthe cost of the article.

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Vith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

A practical embodiment of the invention Vis shown in the accompanying drawing,

Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of the device showing the same in place upon a hame-bar;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. 1. v g

The present invention is intended as an improvement on my invention for hame attachments for which Letters Patent of the United States were granted to me November 3, 1908, No, 902,845. In that invention the breast-strap ring was held by across bar vformed integral with the bands and, in constructing the device, it was necessary to insert a split ring after the body of the device had been cast and weld such ring. This multiplied the operations necessary in manufacture and, consequently, increased In the present invention I have so designed the attachment that the ring may be formed separately and readily inserted in place.

` Referring to the drawing by numerals of reference A fragment of the usual hame-bar is indicated by the numeral l, and the hame-bar is represented as provided with the usual metallic strip 2 which is secured to the bar and extends longitudinally thereof along its outer side edge. The hame-bar for which this attachment is designed has its draft sustaining portion, that is a portion consisting of about five inches of its length adjacent that point at which the trace-holder is usually attached, of practically uniform cross-sectional area.

The interchangeable, adjustable, combined trace and breast-strap holder is indicated generally by the numeral 3, and consists of a pair of looped straps 4 which are, preferably, cast integral with a bridging strip or side 5, from which side projects a loop 6 which forms the trace-holding element of the attachment. For the purpose of strengthening the device, the straps may also be connected by a bridging strip 7.

Lugs 8 are formed on and project forwardly from the straps 4, and these lugs have grooves 9 provided in their opposed faces, the grooves opening at the rear of the lugs and extending forwardly to a point between the rear and front ends of the lugs.

A pin 10 is adapted to be inserted between the lugs 8 with its ends resting in the grooves, and the pin is encircled by the breast-strap ring 11. When the attachment is in place upon the hame-bar the pin 10 and 'ring 11 are locked in place between the lugs 8.

Any means may be employed for clamping the attachment in adjusted position on the hame-bar but, as shown herein, I employ set screws 12 which are threaded through suitable apertures formed in the attachment and the inner ends of which contact and bind against the metallic strip 2.

From the foregoing it will be evident that the attachment, being interchangeable, may be applied to either hame-bar, and that it may be adjusted longitudinally of the bar to accommodate the draft conditions. It is also evident that the parts of the attachment may be readily formed and assembled, each portion being a complete structure requiring no further operation thereon in the assembling of the attachment.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and sought by Letters Patent, is

A device of the class described comprising aY pair of llame-receiving loops and a bridge connecting the loops, the loops having outstanding lugs provided with grooves terminating at their ends Within the lugs and opening laterally through the inner surfaces of the loops; a pin having its ends mounted Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner o f Patents, p

in the grooves and insertible thereinto from Within the loops; and a ring through Which the pin passes, the ringetending between the lugs at the rear of the pin.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of e Witness.

GEORGE SIEGENTHALER.

Witness:

DAVID vB. LOVE.

Washington, D. G. 

